Rare Antique Tribal Hmong or Yao Southeast Asian Double Headed Dragon Bracelet / Necklace

This was likely originally made as a bracelet for a smaller wrist and then turned into a necklace.

Size: 20” end to end - 3” by 2.25” pendant

Here is a little more on the Yao & Hmong tribes I found during my research:

*Beautiful silver work jewelry was made by the Yao and Hmong ethnic groups of Southeast Asia. These tribes live in the southern provinces of China, such as Yunnan, but also in the north of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. They kept their traditions and are famous for their silver work, especially silver jewellery. Bracelets were worn by both men and women of these tribes. Silver plays an important social and economic role in these societies, especially at wedding time, where it is exchanged and displayed in different forms. Jewelry was usually passed on as a family legacy.*